How long or how often do you clean your intake filters?

 

When it looks dirty is when I would clean it if I still used a cotton element filter. Since I have a Pipercross filter now I'd basically just be making a soggy sponge. You are talking about aftermarket filters, right?

Don't clean the stock filter. I'm pretty sure it's paper and it'll deteriorate.

 

I'm assuming you have a cotton filter, like a K&N or similar.

Clean the filter every 10,000 miles, or fewer, just because you can. Your filter may not need a cleaning this often, but if you live around or drive near construction, you'll notice it gets dirty rather quickly.

When you do clean it, make sure you give it several hours to dry before using it again. And don't just water clean it. Get a K&N kit or you won't have any protective oil.

 

Sorry about that, I have an AEM cai. About 2 months in use.

 

Use the K&N Filter Cleaner. Thats what I've been using on mines. And it works great.

 

ya, use the K&N filter cleaner kit on it every 10000 miles and u'll be alrite, hehe it's kool seeing all the yucky dirty water u can make when u clean ur filter out =P

 

where can i get them from? And thanks for the help fellas, appreciate it much.

 

any auto part store, pep boys, autozone, kragen etc.... And always wash from the inside (never wash from the outside as this will just push dirt in further and maybe create holes for dirt to enter your engine).

 

How about water pressure?

 

nothing more than what comes out of an open hose or faucet. low-pressure will more than suffice.

 

it isnt bad to have it a little dirty. the dirty it is the harder it sucks in air. giving you more pull when accelerating

 

Um...try breathing with obstructions in front of your nose/mouth. The filter being dirty definitely doesn't help. There's a reason you lose fuel economy from having a filthy filter.

 

Thanks guys.

 

The only thing a dirty filter can help with is filtering out more dirt, because it makes all off the air passages smaller and clogs them up.